Adoption

We got a call from the adoption supervisor finally. We don't have a worker, but we're about to hire our own attorney, because from the conservation we had yesterday, sounds like they are gonna try and screw Smiley out of his adoption subsidy, which being medically needy, he needs(just like they tried to get away with paying nothing for Princess' funeral).

I was promised immediately that he would keep the insurance card but then she said, "Don't you have private insurance?" I said, "Yes, but he will max it out very quickly." I didn't argue too much because I figure she didn't really look through his case yet. It is not about the money, but he has many health issues ahead:

1-2 more possible surgeries on mouth and privates
EXTENSIVE oral surgery for him to have teeth at the top of his mouth.
Braces are a definate
He still has significant development delays and getting speech twice a week and occupational therapy once a week.
At this point, we are unsure of of the extent of mental retardation he may have(if any).
He is still having significant feeding issues and having trouble putting weight on.

Many of these may not be covered by the card, or the wait to see a surgeon who accepts the card may be unreasonably long and may have to pay everything out of pocket.

Anyway, I am excited to get the process started,but I didn't expect things to go smoothly, so I'm not really surprised.

I did take Smiley and Bubbles to the doctor today and while the doctor was examining Bubbles she said, "I saw your mom's name in the paper." I about died laughing and almost mentioned that her dad and grandma's name were also in there!